Ticket printing machine



1940- w w. M. SICHLEGELMILCH 2,190,736

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE 4 sheets-sheet 1 Filed June 30. 1938 INVENTOR lzNEY Feb. 1940- w. M. SQHLEGELMILCHI 2,190,735

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE Filed June 30, 1938 4 Shets-Sheet 2 INVENT R ATTORNEY Fll IQ:

Feb. 20, 1940. w. M. SC'HLEGELMILCH 2,190,735

TICKET PRINTING MACHINE V Filed June so, 1938 4 Sheets-Sheet a P j P .P P P 5 P g p )k/L/i /i1 Afili! I W I 146 47 y 119 la! INVENTO BYy AT RNEY Feb. 20, 1940. w. M. SCHLEGELMILCH 2,190,736 a TICKET PRINTING MACHINE Filed June 30, 1938 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Feb. 20, 1940 PATENT FI I? TICKET PRINTING MACHINE William M. Schlegelmilch, Bronk, N. Y., assignor to Keller Printing Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 30, 1938, Serial No. 216,646

i sonims. (01401- 219) This invention relates to ticket printing machines and relates more particularly to improvements in machines for printing tickets which are fed through the machine in continuous strip Ticket printing machines of the character set forth are utilized extensively in the garment industry for printing lot numbers or other identifying data upon clothing tickets which are" to be attached to garments.

A machine for such purpose is more fully described in United States Patent No. 1,506,242

granted August 26, 1924, on an invention of John Alwyn Keller. The type of machine there described is limited, however, to the printing of only one ticket in a strip at a time thus necessitating a multiplicity of operations for the printing of all the clothing tickets required for the cutting and assembly of a complete garment.

Inasmuch as a set'of clothing ticketscomprislng all the garment or size tickets and all 9 the shade or joker tickets to be attached by; the cutter or tailor to the cut pattern parts or units of a complete garment, such as, fonexample, a suit consisting of coat, vest and trousers may consist of as many as eight separate ticket units, the imprinting with such a machinefof all the tickets of such a set with lot numbers, or other identifying data, such as cutting ticket 1 numbers and/or 'model names, may require as many as eight separate and distinct printing operations. l l I In order to reduce the number of operations required for the printing of a set of clothing tickets for a complete garment, ticket printing machines for imprinting lot numbers, or other identifying data on a plurality of ticket units in a single operation have been devised and have enjoyed a limited use." However, certain practical diificulties attendant upon the maintenance in a. printing drum of a line of type of alength sufiicient to permit the satisfactory printing of imprinting clothing tickets in continuous strip form with identifying data, which isof particular advantage and utility in effecting economy in type costs, in reducing the number of operations heretofore required Ito print a multipley Fig..5 is a view in elevation with section showing the detent of Fig. 4 in depressedposition, i

' 9-9 of Fig.4,and

10-40 of Fig. 4.

promote greater efiiciency in point of speed with: which the printing may be accomplished and in. convenience and simplicity of operation.

Other and further objects of this invention! will appear from the following description and the appended claims. fhrvl:

In the accompanying drawings which form a' part of theinstant specification and are to be read in conjunction therewith and in which likeunit set or sets of clothing tickets and which will" numbers refer to -like parts throughout; the,

cut away to show the arrangement of a continu-- ous ticket'strip in the machine; I v

Fig. 2- is a view in elevation taken along line 22 ofFig. 1,

i Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. l is a view in elevation with partsin'sec tion of the ticket printing machine shown in plan viewinFig.l,'

parts in Fig. '6 is a view in .elevation taken along line 6-6 ofFig.4, l J

Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of the left hand endof the ticket printing machine shown in Figs. 1 and ,4, l

Fig. 8is a plan View of a plurality of sets of clothing tickets in continuous strip form each set consisting of all the size and joker tickets required for a three piece garment, i Fig. 9 is a view in elevation taken along line Fig. 10 is a View in elevation, taken along line In general, this invention comprises animprovedticket printing machine including, with-' out limitation, a .revolubly mounted printing drum manually, slidably movable into operable printing relationship with a platen member at anyone of aplu rality of printing stations into which the platen member is divided,- the print-' the under part of the; guide-member shown in Fig. 2. i

mg drum being adapted to imprint one or more tickets with identifyingv data with each cojmplete revolution in a clockwise or counter-clock? wise direction. i

Referring now more particularly to the accom-- panying drawings, there is illustrated a ticket printing machine to which this inventionahd improvements are adapted, and l5 is a frame work formed with bearings l6 and llin which is journalled the shaft !8 of a platen member ls.

keyed for rotation with the shaft I8 by means of a longitudinally extending key member 26.

A set screw 2i threadedly received in the platen member is has one end (not shown) embodied in a seat or recess in the periphery of the shaft 18 for preventing lateral movement of the platen member on the shaft 18 and for positioningthe platen member on the shaft. The head of the set screw it is preferably recessed below the periphery of the platen member.

The platen member i9 is generally of cylin-* drical contour and provided with spaced apart lands 2: 5,- 25Q2t and 2?! of cylindrical contour and of slightly larger diameter. These lands divide the platen member into a plurality of printing stations 28, 29 and 3i; encased by jackets 3|, 32 and 33 respectively, of rubber or other compressible material suitable as a printing bed. The land 23 is formed with a cam surface 34 which, upon revolution of the platen member i5),

isradapted. to engage and depress a detent-member 35 for a purpose which will be more fully described hereinafter and the platen member is formed at each printing station with planar divergent peripheral portions 22 and 23 for facilitating the installation and removal of the jackets 3!, 32 and 33.

The shaft I8 projects at one end from the bearing 46 and carriesv a gear 36 which is fixed to the shaft to turn therewith by means of a set screw 31 and is formed with a slot 38 which, when coaxiallyaligned with a slot 3% in the bearing I6, forms a guide for fixing the angular relationship of the platen member to the printing drum as will be described-more fully hereinafter.

A revoluble shaft 4d slotted throughout its length to provide a continuous keyway (H is keyed atone end in a bearing member 42 by means of a key 43 so that the shaft and bearingmember, 42 may be rotated as a unit. The bearing member 42 is journalled in a mounting t4 detachably se-j cured to the framework 55 by bolts and 46, and the shaft 40 is journalled at its other end in an arm 4? of the framework l5.

A thrust bearing l8 positioned within .a recess in the arm M ,is secured to the shaft 4! for rotation therewith, by means of a pin .59 and serves to position the shaft W in its longitudinal relation to the platen member is and to prevent 1ongitudinal movement of the shaft 40 in one direce tion.

The shaft 4:; projects at one end from the arm angular relationship of the platen member to the printing drum as will be described more fully hereinafter.

The shaft d0, of cylindrical contour throughout its length, is formed withcircumferential peripheral locking and positioning recesses .58, 59. and 60 and carries a printing drum 6! of cylindrical contour which is longitudinally slidably mounted thereon and is keyed thereto so'as to rotate therewith by means of a removable pin 62 which slidably engages the keyway 4!, The I printing drum 5! is adapted to be positioned on the shaft 46 and releasably locked thereto in opera able printing relationship to the platen l 9 atany one of the printing stations 282930 by means of releasable locking mechanism engageable with the recesses 58-59-60 as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The printing drum 6| is formed with individual type slots 63, 64 and 65 which are adapted to receive suitable lines of type 65, El and 68 secured in the printing drum much in the manner of a printers composing stick between a pair of annular plates $9 -10 by means of the respective type screws H, 72 and I3 threadedly received in the plate 59. The annular plate 6% is detachably secured to the printing drum iii by means of threaded members it and 15 and the annular plate "i0 is detachably secured to the printing drum 6! by an annular end plate '55 and threaded member 13.

The printing drum Si is of a length equal to the width of the printing station between any pair of the lands 2% to 2'! inclusive and carries a pair of arcuate strip feeding elements F7 and 55% mounted on the printing drum on an axis concentric with .the axis of the shaft 60. Each of the strip feeding elements Ti and 18 has a radius substantially equal to the distance between the outer contour surface of the lands E4 to and the axis of the shaft 40. The strip feeding elements Ti and It are preferably detachably connected to the printing drum 5! by means of pairs of set screws l930 and 8l-fl2 respectively so that they may be replaced with strip feeding elements of greater or less radius to accommodate ticket strips of varying thickness.

A spring pressed latch 83 having an arcuate portion 34 substantially conforming to the contour of the. recesses 5B-59ii is pivotally mounted ona journal element 85 threadedly received in and carried by a shift plate 353 having an annular portion 87 secured between the annular plate 78' and the end plate 15.

A resilient member 88 which is secured to a yoke shaped printing roller shifting arm 89 of the shift plate 86 by means of a threaded member 98 engages the latch 83 as shown. The resilient member 88 presses the latch into engagement with one of the recesses 58-59 and thereby provides a means for locking the printing drum 6! into position at any one of the printing stations 28-293J..

The shifting arm 89 engages an inking roller shifting spool 9! which together with an inking roller 92 is carried on a common bushing 93 concentric with and slidably mounted on a jackshaft 94.

Anarm 95 provided with a lug 95 extends from the shift plate 86 for assisting in releasing the latch 83. I

The jack-shaft 94 is supported at one end on a threaded bolt v9'! in an arm 98 extending from the framework 45 and is supported at its other end ona threaded bolt 99 in an arm H30 extending from the mounting id. The jack-shaft is suitably adjusted by the bolts fl and 99 so that its axis will be parallel to the axis of the shaft 4i] and at a distance therefrom at which the inking roller 92 will properly ink the type character! of the lines of type i$i56lfi8 as the printing. drum 6| is rotated and the type characters engage the periphery of theinking roller. The desired adjustment is maintained by tightening the set screws Bill and H12 which are threadedly received in the arms 98 and I08 respectively and are adapted to. engage the periphery of the jackshaft..

, A lever I03'having a cam shaped portion I04 is journalled ona bearing I05 carried. by the mounting 44 in a recess I06. The lever I03 .is

adapted tobe rotated on the bearing I05so that its cam shaped portion I04 will engage the cir- I cumfer'ential periphery of the bearing42 and thereby lock. the bearing 42, shaft 40 andiprintingjdrum 6| against rotation and in any'desired position. J

. The bearing 42- isprovided the type screws'll, I2 and 13, which" latter are shaft at the printing station 28. I I Indexing plates H0 and II I are secured to the framework I5 by means of screws I I2 and provide adapted to pass through the respective openings when the printing drum II is positioned on the a bed upon which a ticket strip H3 is adapted to travel. I

The indexing plate H0 is provided with a set of indexing holes ll l which "are equi-distantly spaced from each; other a distance equal to'the width of the narrowest ticket in the strip. I I The indexing plate III is provided witha set of similarly spaced. indexing holes I I5 located in alignment with the holes 4.

A guide or ,indexing member H6 having a flange I I1 is adapted to be mounted on the indexing plate H0 at the locus of one of a set of in-i dexing h01es.II4.;LugsII8 and H9 extending from the indexing member II6 are adapted to en'gagerelated openings inthe sets of alignment.

openings H20 and .I2l respectively, located in-the indexing plate IIOat either side of the'set of indexingholes I I4 and thereby to position the indexing member on the indexing plate.

A-locking pin I2I having a locking flange I23 is mounted for rotation in the indexing member H6 on an axis which is eccentric to the axis of a selected indexing hole of the set of indexing holes H4 through which the locking pin extends when the indexing member is mounted on the indexing plate.

vided with a head I24 which is adapted to be manually engaged and rotated to bring the looking flange I23 in engagement with the under periphery of the indexing plate H0 and thereby to lock the indexing member H6 securely to theindexing plate. A lug I25 extending from the indexing member H6 is positioned at least in part within a recess I24fo'rmed in the head I24 and by engagement with the walls of the recess limits the. arc of travel ,of the locking fiangebetween the locked and unlocked positions.

l alignment lugs (not shown), a rotatably mounted A separate indexing or guide member I26 similarly'formed with a flange I21 and provided with locking pin having a head I26 and a. locking flange i20,and a locking flange travel limit lugI30 is adapted to bepositioned on the indexing plate ill with its alignment lugs (not shown) in engagement with the related openings of the sets of alignment openings I3! and I32 at either side of the set of indexingholes H5 and thereby to position the indexing member I26 on theindexingi plate I I I in alignment with the indexing member I It I .JI'h'e flange I27 of the indexing member I26 is I preferably equipped witha resilient member I33 for compressinga ticket strip such as the ticket strip I I3 against the surface of the indexing plate Hi to prevent shifting or twisting of the ticket I strip in the channel formed between flange I21 and the indexing plate I I5. 1

Flanges I34 and I35 extending inwardly from Y the. respective opposite ends of theframework I 5 with openings I 01, Hill and I09 respectively coaxially aligned. with The locking pin I2I is proover theindexing plates IIO;.and III and in spaced relation thereto form channels therewith for guiding a ticket strip through the machine in either direction.

A resilient member I36 is secured by means of thereby to prevent movement of the ticket strip [except during a printing operation. The shaft I42 of. the detent 35 threadedly engages a member m in which shafts I44and [45hr thedetents:

.140 and HI respectively are slidably mounted.

The shafts I42, I44 and I45 are provided with suitable lock nuts and/or spring. tension adjustments nuts. Thus, it willwbe. observed that by;

depressing the detent35, the} bar I43 which is threadedly mounted thereon will be moved outwardlyand' the detents I40 and MI thereby retracted simultaneously with thedetent 35.

In the operation of the improved ticket printing machine of this invention, the printing drum.

a: is first rotated into positionin which the type slots 63-64-65 are uppermost by rotating the shaft 40 by meansof thecrank 53. Theprint ing drum may then be locked in this position by cam shaped surface I04 of the lever engages the rim of the bearing 42 with'sufl'ioient pressure to lock the bearing against rotation in the mounting 44. The printing drum 6I is now in position for the installation. of the desired line or lines of typ x l The printing drum 6| is preferably of a width such that'it maybe used for printing at least three clothing ticket units, namely one garment or size ticket and two shadeor joker tickets, with identifying data, in a single operation.

I rotating thelever I03 on the shaft I05 until the In Fig. 1, the printing drum BI is shown as it would appear when setup with type characters in the lines of type66-6'I-'68 for imprinting each ticket unit of a set of three clothing tickets with'a lot number, a cutting ticket number and a "model name.

The type slot 63 contains the" necessary type characters for imprinting each ticket unit of a set of three ticket units with the same lot num-- her and the respective groups of type characters are separated from each other in the type slot 63 by spacing bars or slugs \Thejsurface of the. printing drum 6I is preferably provided with.

markings or groovesserving as'reference lines for the guidance of the operator in spacing the groups of type charactersinthe type line so that the lot number willbe imprinted on the respective ticket'unit in the. desired location with respect to the edges of each ticket unit in the set. y I s The type slots 64 and 65 are set up me. similar manner with spaced groups of type characters.

the groupsin the slot 64 representing thesame cutting ticket number and the groups in-the slot 65 representing the same model name.

After the'type has been set in. the slots in the desired fashion, it is locked therein by screwing in the type screws lI,,l2 and 73 untilthe relatively I pressed and id 4-. the ticket strip will have become engaged 39 at the printing station 23.

short lines of. type aresecurely fastened in the respective type slots withouttdangenof buckling and the .machine is nowready for conducting the printing operations.

The operator now inserts into the machine from either the irontor rear, but preferably from the rear, a strip or clothing tickets. preferablyconsisting of successive sets of ticket units in initially integral and separable relation. In Fig. 8, there is depicted such a strip of clothing tickets consisting of successive sets of l clothing tickets each of which'sets consists of all the size tickets and all the joker or shade tickets to be attached bythe cutter or tailor to the garments and/or cut pattern parts of a three-piece garment consisting of a coat, a vest and one. pair of trcuisers. In particular, each set as shown consists of a coatfsize ticket M3, two coat shade tickets Hi! and I48, a vest size ticketli l, a vest joker ticket I59, 2. trouser joker ticket iiil, a trouser size ticket and a trouser joker ticket 953.

In inserting the ticket strip into the machine from the rear, the operator manually depresses or retracts the detent M6 and slides the ticket strip along the surface of the indexing plate Hi with the edges of the strip in the channels or grooves formed with the plate by the flange 34 on the framework i5 and flange 27 on the indexing member iit'nntil the beveled edge of: the coat size ticket abuts the correspondingly beveled edge of the detent 35. leased and enters the notch between the first pair of successive coat size tickets.

The latch 33 is now released from its spring g ent with the recess 55 in the shaft ll} and the printing drum ti slid toward the left until the latch S 5 engages the recess 58 in which position the type screws il-l2-l3 will have passed through the openings lad-5G8 and it! respectively and project beyond the bearing l2..

The lever M33 is now rotated to release the bearing a2 and the crank bil rotated in a clockwise direction to rotate the printing drum iii in the same direction and the platen l 8 inc. counter clockwise direction through the medium of the gears 36 and 5!.

The rotation of the platen member 19 ultimately brings the beveled surface 3% of the land into engagement the beveled surface of the detent 35 which on further'rotation of the platen member lode-pressed and throughthe medium'oi the member 5 3 simultaneously depresses the detents is?) and Ml. When the detents fully depressed as shown in between the ticket-feeding elements ll and 58 on the printing drum and the lands 24 and 25 on the platen l9. Further rotation of the crank 53 will cause the ticket strip to be translated between the printing drum and platen member and will units and thereby again fix the ticket strip against The detent bid is now relinking of the type movement-sin themachine. This operation may be repeatedlfor' as many times as are necessary depending uponthenumber ofsets of tickets to be printed .ata time. n

In Figs; land 8, three tickets units of each of fivefdesired sets of clothing have been printed by successive clockwise movements of the crank 53 before the printing drum is moved into the position shown in Fig. 1 by raising the latch 83 and sliding the printing drum into position at the printing station=29.,

With :the printing drum at the printing station 29,;the crank 53 is rotatedthrough successive counter-clockwise revolutions and with each revolution of the printing drum, there is printed onevest size ticket and one vest and one pant joker. ticket.

The printing'drum is then slid into position.

at thefiprinting station and the crank 53 rotated through successive clockwise revolutions arei minimiz'ed, and all the clothing tickets of a completeset of tickets may bemaintained in their initially integral and separable relation.

It will beobserved that provision for printing a wider. strip of clothing tickets may be made through the removal of the indexing guide members H6 and I26 so that the printing drum B! will be able to imprint the desired identifying data upon one size ticket and two shade or joker tickets in the righthand printing station.

In the event that the garment for which the clothing. tickets are to be imprinted calls for a set of tickets consisting of fewer ticket units, the printing machine may be set up to accommodate the narrower ticket strip thus called for by positioning the indexing guide members H6 and it? on the indexing plates H0 and Hi respectively in engagement therewith at the proper locus of the sets of indexing holes H4 and H5. This will be apparent to those. skilled in the art.- p l It will be observed that the relative positions of the detent operating cam 33 and the ticket feeding elements i7 and i3 may be readily present through the medium of the pairs of slots 38'-39 and 55 56 in which suitable pins may be inserted while assembly of the machine is being effected automatically to position the respective shafts i3 and I8 and gears and 5| in predetermined desired relationship,

It. will be observed that certain features sub-combinations-are of utility and may be played without reference to other features sub-combinations. This is contemplated by and is within the scope of the appended claims. It is further. obvious that various changes may be made in details within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of this invention. v-.It is, therefore,.to be understood that this invention is not-tobe limited to the specific details shown and. described.

'l-laving'thus described .thisinvention, what is claimed. is:

1. In a machine for printing tickets, a revolublc platen member having landsdividing its periphery into'printing stations; a revoluble shaft; a printingldrum mounted :on said shaft for rota- 2,190,786 tion therewith and for movement longitudinally thereof into operable printing relationship to said platen member at any one of said printing stations; and, means on said printing drum adapted to co-operate with said lands to feed tickets to be printed through said machine.

2. In a machine for printing tickets, a revoluble platen member having printing stations; a revoluble shaft; a printing drum mountedfon said shaft for rotation therewith and'for movement longitudinally thereof into operable printing relationship to said platen member at any one of Y said printing stations; means connecting said revoluble shaft and said platen member for effecting rotation of one by rotation of the other; means for releasably securing said printing drum against longitudinal movement on said revoluble I shaft at a printing station; means on said printher; a spring pressed detent mechanism adapted to. be depressed by said cammed surface during a portion of each revolution of said platenmembar, and adaptedfto engage a ticketstrip on said lution of said platen member; a revoluble shaft; a-p-rinting drum mounted on said shaft; said printing drum being keyed to saidshaft for rotation therewith and for longitudinal sliding movement thereon means carried by said printing drum for releasably locking said printing stations; a cammed surface on said platen memtableduring the remaining portion of each revodrum to said revoluble shaft atany one of a plurality of printing stations thereon; gear means interconnecting saidplaten member and said revoluble shaft; manually engageable means for rotating said revoluble shaft; a fixed shaft; an

inking roller coaxialwith saidshaft; said inking roller being revolubly mountedon said fixed shaft and slidable longitudinally thereon; and, means interconnecting said inking roller and said print ing drum whereby said inking rollerandsaid printing drum may'be moved longitudinally of saidplaten member as a unit.

WILLIAM SCHLEGELMILCH. 

